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Aboriginal disability justice campaign

Reach:

National

Focus area:

Indigenous

Status:

Current

Evaluated:

No

Overview

The Aboriginal disability justice campaign (ADJC) is a national campaign addressing the incarceration of people with cognitive impairments in jails and psychiatric institutions as a result of being found unfit to plead or who are mentally impaired.

ADJC is made up of agencies and individuals who are concerned about the incarceration of Indigenous people with cognitive impairments (such as intellectual disability, acquired brain injury, and psychosocial disability) who commit crimes or are considered a risk of harm to others.

Organisations involved in this project include:

Australian Lawyers for Human Rights Northern Territory

Blake Dawson Legal Firm of Sydney

Brain Injury Australia

Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service

Darwin Community Legal Centre

First People's Disability Network Australia

Maurice Blackburn Legal Firm of Melbourne

National Council of Intellectual Disability

Northern Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency

Northern Territory Council of Social Services

Northern Territory Legal Aid

Northern Territory Public Guardian (Alice Springs office)

NSW Council for Intellectual Disabilities

People with Disability Australia

Synapse of Queensland.

Individuals involved in this project include:

Patrick McGee, Guardian and ADJC Coordinator

Professor Eileen Baldry, University of New South Wales and President of the New South Wales Council of Social Services

Dr Leanne Dowse, University of New South Wales

The Honorable Mr Alistair Nicholson, retired Chief Justice of the Family Court.